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Reparations are essential to eliminating the substantial wealth gap between black and white Americans

  • Written by Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are among the 2020 presidential hopefuls in favor of reparations. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Four hundred years ago, America’s first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia.

Centuries later, black Americans have managed to accumulate some wealth, but it still pales in comparison to that of whites. This...

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